Sara E. Smith is the staff attorney for Environment Texas, an Austin-based statewide advocacy group.
As we celebrate World Water Day today, let’s consider a few of the threats to our drinking water right here at home — and what we can do about them.
Polluting industries and their allies in Austin and Washington are working to undo the single greatest victory for clean water in over a decade. They should know that Texans are watching.
We're two grassroots leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum, but on this we can agree: Texas can and must improve its fiscal transparency.
Citizens United has unleashed a tide of big money into our election system, threatening to drown out the voices of ordinary Texans. Fortunately, there's something we can do about it.
Texans aren't so fond of toll roads these days, and for good reason. They allow politicians to take credit for shiny new projects while letting them off the hook for making tough decisions on transportation funding.
Our state isn't providing taxpayers with the tools they need to evaluate some of the costliest and most controversial economic development programs in the country.
